father snake

The winter in Lingshan Town is always gloomy and cold, the ground is never dry, and the sky is either raining or snowing, and finally the sun shows its face. Before the sun warms up, God starts to change his face again. They couldn't do outside work either, the young and old were all free, and they would sit by the fire every day, chatting or playing cards, and even the shops and businesses in the town were almost the same.

After breakfast in a hurry, Shi Xiaochuan wanted to go home quickly and leave this eerie and weird Shi family ancestral hall. As soon as he stepped out of the gate, he saw a table of mahjong in the hardware store opposite. Sitting there, it was her turn to draw a tile. She picked up a mahjong tile, looked at it, and threw it on the table because she didn't want it.

Mother Shi seemed to inadvertently raised her eyes and glanced at the opposite side, and saw Shi Xiaochuan standing there.

He didn't know whether he should go to see Mama Shi or just go back. After thinking about it, he decided not to go in. If he went in, the lively scene inside would immediately turn cold, Mama Shi would definitely He would get sulking again, and when he turned around to see him, he would not look good again.

When he was a child, he was not very sensible. No matter where there were many people or few people, when he saw Papa Shi and Mama Shi, he would shout and run over. The room was quiet for a short while, as if the pause button was pressed, the scene suddenly became a little awkward, and the faces of the Shi family's parents turned blue and white for a while, looking very scary.

After many times, Shi Xiaochuan began to understand the reason. Slowly, when he saw Shi's parents outside, he would pretend not to see them, just lowered his head, and pressed the phrase "Dad, Mom" ​​at the bottom of his throat. Shout out, and it's over.

Originally, he thought that this time would be the same as countless times before, but Mama Shi, who was playing cards inside, suddenly pushed the cards, stood up, settled the bill, and hurried out of the door. Someone took the seat she vacated.

Mother Shi pushed open the glass door of the hardware store, walked a few steps, and arrived at Shi Xiaochuan's side, "Why did you come out?"

Shi Xiaochuan was a little surprised. Could it be that Mother Shi was waiting for him at the door?

"Mom, the people in the ancestral hall have to eat breakfast before coming back."

"Oh. Then go home first." Mama Shi looked around, but she didn't know what she was looking at. She pulled Shi Xiaochuan and walked towards the street of home. Lian almost fell, but he steadied himself. Seeing that Mama Shi didn't even turn her head, she still walked forward vigorously, her steps were big and urgent, so he couldn't ask any questions, so he had to follow closely.

This speed is almost as fast as a trot.

Went home and opened the door.

Shi's mother went into the kitchen to work, pinging, bang, making the kitchen loudly, and the sound of "呲" oily smoke sounded, Shi Xiaochuan thought, it's still early at noon, what is Shi's mother doing in the kitchen.

After a while, his door was opened with a "bang", and Mother Shi stood there holding a bowl, "Drink this soup."

Shi Xiaochuan held the steaming bowl of soup in his hand. He felt that the soup smelled like medicine, so he asked cautiously, "Mom, what is this?"

"To get rid of moisture." Mother Shi replied casually, while looking at him, as if she was going to stare at him and drink this bowl of black food. Drink up the bowl of soup slowly.

Shi Xiaochuan knew that this bowl of food must not be used to remove moisture, and Shi's mother's answer just now was obviously perfunctory for him.

After he finished his soup, Mother Shi put away the bowl, and when she walked out of the room, she said in a non-negotiable tone, "For the next few days, just stay at home and don't go anywhere."

Shi Xiaochuan nodded. Originally, he didn't plan to go outside. Every winter, for a person like him who is afraid of the cold, he always wished to shrink in the room all the time, around the stove, and lie under the blanket.

Only in this way, he felt that the blood on his body was slowly flowing all over his body, warm, instead of congealed into lumps.

Shi Xiaochuan read the book for a while, and after drinking the soup, he felt a little uncomfortable.

The smell of the medicine seemed to be in conflict with his body, making him feel a little uncomfortable, but there was no specific uncomfortable place, just scratching his head and fidgeting, not to mention reading, even reading Xiaobai didn't make him feel better point.

He frowned, pressed his stomach, and really wanted to spit out the soup he drank, but thinking about Mama Shi, he endured it again.

Finally in the afternoon, when I heard the door "clang", Shi Xiaoshan came back yelling, "Mom, Mom, the child next door just got sick and was sent to the hospital. It's the one who stayed in the ancestral hall last night!"

Before he could finish his words, he was immediately scolded by Shi Mama. It was nothing more than yelling at home and harassing people to death, and he didn't know the importance of doing things. If it is broken, if it is really broken, let Papa Shi fix it and so on.

Hearing this news, Shi Xiaochuan was a little startled. This morning, the child was still fine, able to eat, sleep and play. Why did he get sick at night?

During dinner, Shi Xiaoshan slipped his mouth again, and for some reason, he mentioned that the child was still in the town hospital for emergency treatment. The Shi family parents were very impatient to hear these disappointing things, probably because they were taboo, Dad Shi Shouted a few words to Shi Xiaoshan, but Shi Xiaoshan was used to being pampered again, muttering in his mouth, put the bowl down, "If you don't talk, don't talk, I don't want to eat." After finishing speaking, he ran to his own room .

Shi's father was choked by him for a long time and couldn't speak, Shi's mother stumbled and said, "This child, this child, why is he so bad-tempered."

Shi Xiaochuan acted as if he hadn't seen anything, and quickly picked the rice in his bowl.

As soon as Shi Xiaoshan left, the dinner table became deserted, even the sound of eating soup and vegetables was clear, Shi Xiaochuan was a little nervous, fearing that Papa Shi would say something about him again, he hurriedly finished the meal.

In the middle of the night, Shi Xiaochuan was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. He kept thinking about the child, and he told himself over and over again that the child didn't care about his affairs, and he couldn't control it if he wanted to.

Everything he heard and saw in the Shi family's ancestral hall let him know that the child's strange behavior must be related to that Taoist, and all of this was with the acquiescence of the elders of the Shi family. Hun, he can't afford it.

However, the child's clear eyes seemed to be looking at him all the time, accusing him of turning his back on him. Under that invisible stare, he saw his own cowardice and evasion.

Shi Xiaochuan was tortured almost to the point of madness, he sat up suddenly from the bed, and murmured to the air, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

"Who are you sorry for?" A voice rang out abruptly in the dark room, Shi Xiaochuan saw the familiar black air mass swirling and congealed into Tianqiu, it was already a 20-year-old youth with slender legs Stepped onto the bed and sat in front of Shi Xiaochuan.

Shi Xiaochuan looked at him stupidly, this was the first time that Tianqiu, who appeared at night, spoke, he asked tentatively, "Tianqiu?"

The adult version of Tianqiu looked at him quietly, reached out and touched his face, Shi Xiaochuan felt that his face seemed to be frozen by ice, very cold.

His fingers are slender and strong, not at all like when he was a child, they are so tender and small, they look so tender and affectionate, Tianqiu, who has sucked his blood full, is like a poppy, swaying and full of temptation Shi Xiaochuan felt that if he looked at him for a long time, he would inevitably become dazed, not knowing what day of the week it is.

"Do you still want blood today?" Shi Xiaochuan was a little overwhelmed by him, and wanted to break the current weird atmosphere. He said a little out of words, and regretted it just after he finished speaking. He really wanted to abuse him. ?There is no movement tomorrow and tomorrow, and he still brings up this matter, does he think he has a lot of blood?

Tianqiu smiled lightly, shook his head, "I'll take you to a place."

Shi Xiaochuan was bewitched by him to put on his clothes, backed away from the window, and jumped out. He followed Tianqiu closely, holding his hand. Shi Xiaochuan wanted to shake his hand away. tremble.

Tianqiu felt his shivering, "Is it cold?" asked him in a low voice.

Shi Xiaochuan nodded, then shook his head again.

Tianqiu didn't speak, and continued to walk forward, but he didn't let go of Shi Xiaochuan's hand, but Shi Xiaochuan felt that Tianqiu was holding his hand, as if there was some warmth, from the place where the two people connected, slowly On the ground, the heat spread all over his body along his hands, making him feel like he was soaking in warm water.

The warmth he had never had before, he thought, this must be Tianqiu's spell.

At this time, it was about midnight, the street was empty, and the trees beside the road were whistling by the wind. They walked through Lingshan Town, and soon they arrived at their destination. Shi Xiaochuan looked up and saw in the dark There is a building standing in the center, if Shi Xiaochuan remembers correctly, this should be Lingshan Town Hospital.

As usual, the gate of the hospital was not closed, fearing that someone might need to see a doctor in the middle of the night, Tianqiu took Shi Xiaochuan and walked directly to the third floor. When passing the duty room, Shi Xiaochuan saw a faint light, and there was a man in a white coat inside. The doctor nodded his head and was dozing off, completely oblivious to the fact that someone had sneaked into the building.

Tianqiu looked very sure of the room he was looking for, he didn't even look at the wards on both sides of the corridor, he went straight to the last room, Shi Xiaochuan felt that it was his illusion, everyone in the whole floor seemed to be asleep Just the same, on a quiet night, their footsteps did not attract the slightest attention, and they did not see the doctors and nurses on night shift.

Tianqiu pushed open the door, and Shi Xiaochuan walked in after him.

When he went in, he almost screamed out. The Taoist priest sitting in a wooden wheelchair was holding the baby with one hand, and stroking the baby's face with the other. He didn't even have the strength to struggle and cry, so he could only helplessly let the old bark-like Taoist torture him like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The old Taoist seemed not surprised by Tianqiu's sudden appearance, he let go of the baby in his hand, and said in a hoarse old voice: "You are here."